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    Internal docs show Amazon is struggling to retain Alexa device users; in some years between 2018-2021, 15%-25% of new users were no longer active afte

    Priya Anand / Bloomberg: Internal docs show Amazon is struggling to retain Alexa device users; in some years between 2018-2021, 15%-25% of new users were no longer active after one week — Each holiday season since 2015, Amazon.com Inc. has counted on selling a lot of its Alexa voice-controlled...
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    Survey of 1,058 US internet users: 72% distrust Facebook, 63% TikTok, 60% Instagram, 53% WhatsApp, and 53% YouTube; 53% trust Amazon, 48% Google, and

    Washington Post: Survey of 1,058 US internet users: 72% distrust Facebook, 63% TikTok, 60% Instagram, 53% WhatsApp, and 53% YouTube; 53% trust Amazon, 48% Google, and 44% Apple — You'll find all the usual technology suspects inside Mary Veselka's Pearland, Tex., home. There's her iPhone …
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    Google says the "number of users engaging with Android apps" on Chrome OS is up 50% YoY; in May, it said Chrome OS grew 92%+ YoY, 5X faster than the P

    chromeOS.dev: Google says the “number of users engaging with Android apps” on Chrome OS is up 50% YoY; in May, it said Chrome OS grew 92%+ YoY, 5X faster than the PC market — Large screens are getting a lot of love from Android users. Not only has Chrome OS grown 92% in the past year …
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    Amazon issues an update to fix its Appstore and the issues that left some Android 12 users with apps that didn't work (Igor Bonifacic/Engadget)

    Igor Bonifacic / Engadget: Amazon issues an update to fix its Appstore and the issues that left some Android 12 users with apps that didn't work — Amazon has addressed the issue that had left those with Android 12 phones unable to use apps they had downloaded from the company's Appstore.
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    This Week in Apps: Apple’s App Privacy Report arrives, Google details Android 12 Go edition, Instagram tops 2B users

    Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy.The app industry continues to grow, with a record number of downloads and consumer spending across both the iOS and Google Play stores...
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    HungryPanda, a Mandarin-language food and grocery delivery app aimed at overseas Chinese users, raises a $130M Series D, bringing its total funding to

    Ivan Levingston / Bloomberg: HungryPanda, a Mandarin-language food and grocery delivery app aimed at overseas Chinese users, raises a $130M Series D, bringing its total funding to $220M — - Latest funding in London-based startup led by investor Perwyn — Money will help expand current markets...
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    Adtech vendors still tracking EU users who deny consent via IAB’s TCF, study suggests

    New research examining what happens after Internet users in Europe land on an ad-supported website and express their “privacy choices” — using a flagship ad industry consent management platform which is supposed to allow them to control the types of ads they receive (i.e. non-tracking vs...
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    Hulu rolls out personalized end-of-year recaps with stats about users’ streaming habits

    Hulu is the latest company to introduce a Spotify Wrapped-like personalized end-of-year recap feature. The streaming service is giving subscribers the option to learn more about their viewing habits through a new “Your TV DNA” tool. The tool is accessible on a newly launched website where users...
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    Meta bans seven surveillance-for-hire outfits, removing over 1,500 Facebook and Instagram accounts and alerting 50K users targeted by the groups (Zack

    Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: Meta bans seven surveillance-for-hire outfits, removing over 1,500 Facebook and Instagram accounts and alerting 50K users targeted by the groups — Cytrox is one of seven surveillance companies now banned from Meta's platforms — While NSO Group was taking flak for...
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    Apple releases Swift Playgrounds 4, which lets users develop apps on their iPads and upload finished apps to the App Store (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)

    Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: Apple releases Swift Playgrounds 4, which lets users develop apps on their iPads and upload finished apps to the App Store — Apple announced that it has officially released Swift Playgrounds 4. The tech giant first announced the upcoming launch of the new software at...
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    Spotify rolls out a five-star ratings system for podcasts that will only let users rate a show after listening (Todd Spangler/Variety)

    Todd Spangler / Variety: Spotify rolls out a five-star ratings system for podcasts that will only let users rate a show after listening — Spotify is borrowing a page from rival Apple with the addition of a five-star user ratings system for podcasts — a new tool for sorting through the more...
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    TikTok to diversify its ‘For You’ feed, let users pick the topics they want to avoid

    TikTok announced this morning it’s taking a new approach to its “For You” feed — the short-form video app’s main feed, powered by its algorithmic recommendations. The company already detailed how its algorithm works to suggest videos based on users’ engagement patterns within its app, but admits...
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    Redditors grieve as Reddit sunsets its beloved annual Secret Santa exchange platform Reddit Gifts, which facilitated anonymous giving between users gl

    Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu / Financial Times: Redditors grieve as Reddit sunsets its beloved annual Secret Santa exchange platform Reddit Gifts, which facilitated anonymous giving between users globally — I first heard about Reddit Secret Santa four years ago, when my friend told me she had...
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    Where to Find DirectAdmin API Info for End Users?

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    TikTok is testing TikTok Live Studio, a Windows app that lets users stream directly to TikTok Live from their computer (Amanda Silberling/TechCrunch)

    Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: TikTok is testing TikTok Live Studio, a Windows app that lets users stream directly to TikTok Live from their computer — What if instead of watching your favorite TikTok star stream on Twitch, you could watch them play video games live on TikTok? For the last...
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    Meta adds Messenger support to Ray-Ban Stories via a software update, letting users send and receive messages, make calls, and have messages read alou

    Mitchell Clark / The Verge: Meta adds Messenger support to Ray-Ban Stories via a software update, letting users send and receive messages, make calls, and have messages read aloud — Letting you send and hear messages makes them significantly more useful — The Ray-Ban Stories smart glasses...
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    LA-based Papaya, which helps users pay bills using its app, raises a $50M Series B led by Bessemer Venture Partners, bringing its total funding to $65

    Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: LA-based Papaya, which helps users pay bills using its app, raises a $50M Series B led by Bessemer Venture Partners, bringing its total funding to $65M — Paying bills is hardly a fun thing. So I think it's safe to say that any technology that can make the...
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    Rotten Tomatoes partners with TikTok to allow users to link to ratings, reviews and more

    Rotten Tomatoes announced today that it’s partnering with TikTok to launch a TikTok Jump that will allow users to link to movies and TV trailers, ratings, reviews, information on where to watch, clips, cast information and more. TikTok Jump is the short-form video app’s third-party integration...